title: Carboxyangiography: a new type of opacification in angiographic practice--first clinical experience.
abstract: The study was undertaken to investigate a possibility of clinical application of medical-purpose CO2 as an alternative radiopaque agent (RA) for visualization of major arteries and veins. During the period from April 2009 to June 2010, a total of fifty 38-to-72-year-old patients (mean age 58 years) underwent angiographic examinations wherein medical-purpose CO2 was employed as a radiopaque agent. We performed 39 aorto-arteriographies, 10 portographies, and one mesentericography. Medical carbon dioxide used for vascular opacification makes it possible to obtain high-quality images of the vascular bed and is sometimes even superior to water-soluble RAs.
authors.affiliation: Chair of Surgical Diseases, Department of Roentgenosurgical Methods of Diagnosis and Treatment Russian State Medical University, Municipal Clinical Hospital #57, Moscow, Russia. romeo1982@list.ru
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Shipovskiĭ
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Kurbanov
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Saakian
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Marov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction / Q000379:methods*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide